Monday, August 31, 2026 - Thirteen Kurdish men arrested during the January 2026 protests in Qorveh have been sentenced by the Iranian judiciary to a combined 26 years, three months and one day in prison and 196 lashes.
According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Branch 102 of the Qorveh Criminal Court convicted the men on charges including “disrupting public order” and “assembly and collusion.”
Mohammad Mohammadi was sentenced to four years, nine months and one day in prison. Mostafa Gholami, Zahed Khaledian and Vahed Khaledian were each sentenced to three years in prison. Shahrokh Mostafaei and Fereydoun Almasi were each sentenced to one year and nine months, while Rasoul Ghorbanpour, Saman Ganji and Davoud Rezaei were each sentenced to one year in prison.
Four other defendants received prison sentences as well as a combined 196 lashes: Reza Dehghani received 41 lashes, Abuzar Moradhaseli 31, Anvar Alipanah 50 and Amir Khaledian 74. Amir Khaledian was also sentenced to two years of internal exile in Minab, Hormozgan Province.
All 13 men were arrested during the January 2026 protests. Some were held in detention for three months, while others were detained for one month before their release. The latest rulings add to growing concerns over the treatment of people detained during the protests and the continued use of prison sentences and flogging against protesters.
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